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101 Quick Vegan Recipes to Get You Through Busy Days

Dedicated to those moments that seem to be increasingly common in our lives. Those times when you don’t have any time!

We looked for the very best plant-based recipes and found them right here. But what happens when you’re in a hurry and need something quick, but don’t want to compromise on your health?

These recipes are designed for you in mind when you’re in a hurry or you’re just too hungry to wait!

Apart from being quick, this roundup is about affordability and what’s good for you. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter how rich or poor you are, if you don’t have your health, you don’t have anything.

We can’t always rely on big corporations to have our individual interests at heart in terms of our health. Food made at home is unbeatable.

Get stuck into a great breakfast, lunch, or even check out our special picks!

Quick Spinach Sauce Bread

KiipFit

This light and fluffy bread takes only 15 minutes to make!
Looking down the list of ingredients, I imagine you have most of the things already.

You’ll need a food processor, a mixing bowl and an oven! Just Bake for about 15 minutes and you’re good to go. Allow to cool and slice. Can be stored in the refrigerator in an airtight container for a week! Totally delicious!

5-Minute Tofu Egg Salad Sandwich

Whenever I think of an egg sandwich, my memory takes over and I’m reminded of my cousin.

We spent our childhood together growing up and I always remember him running a mile because he hated the smell of it!

Thankfully, there are no eggs in this, no nasty odours, just a healthy and delicious sandwich ideal for breakfast or lunch.

I love the different flavors in this; onion powder, turmeric, lemon juice and more. Great textures due to the celery. If you want a hearty sandwich bursting with flavor, this is what you’re looking for.

Quick & Healthy Banana Boats

I love simple breakfasts, and this one couldn’t get much simpler! I don’t know why I’ve never thought of doing this before! What a great way to get a major nutritional punch in a quick and easy way!

I love the idea of these banana boats as a build-your-own breakfast bar. Put out a bunch of different toppings and let everyone take part. Breakfast is served! Now I can sit back and enjoy a hot cup of coffee without playing short-order cook.

5-Minute Chocolate Fudge

What She Ate

If you’re a fudge fan, this is definitely for you!

Probably the simplest and certainly the fastest recipe I have seen.

You’re looking at just five minutes to create this chocolate heaven! This recipe nearly went in our chocolate roundup but we were so surprised by how quick it was to make, we decided it should go here. Anyway, every list of recipes must include chocolate, right?

Quick 15-Minute Chili

Blueberry Vegan

Vegan chili is a staple in our home. It’s hearty, filling, and warms you from the inside out. It’s true comfort food, and always bursting with flavor. The trouble is most chili recipes take a long time. Not this one!

In less than 20 minutes this delicious chili is ready to dig into! It’s perfect on its own, but even better when you personalize it with your favorite toppings!

Want to make it even more satisfying? Serve over your favorite rice or quinoa. Either way, you win!

30-Minute Italian Sausage, Peppers and Potatoes

Pasta Based

Wow, is all I can say for this recipe!

In just 30 minutes you can bring this complete hearty meal to the table. It looks like one of those casseroles that has a thousand ingredients, this just has about half a dozen not including the seasoning.

You’ll need your favorite vegan Italian sausages so if you’re not sure which you prefer, find out quick!

Easy Quick Curry

The Vegan 8

I just love the name of this recipe, three words and each explaining everything you need to know, it is easy, it certainly is quick, and it’s a curry!

You’re looking at 30 minutes to create the entire dish and this includes prep and cooking time. It has everything from chickpeas (garbanzo beans), zucchini, onion and so much more. Serve over quinoa or your favorite rice! One of my favorite recipes, seriously!

10-Minute Garlic Sesame Noodles

Yup, it’s Vegan

When the chips are down there’s nothing quite like noodles to sort you out.

The list of ingredients is divided into two sections, the main part and the sauce. The dish includes bell pepper, carrot and a couple of things although, to be honest, this is extremely flexible, and you should use whatever you have that needs eating.

The sauce is delicious and gives you that take-out fix without any dubious ingredients. This will quickly become your favorite.

Quick and Easy Guacamole

Evolving Table

Guacamole is one of those recipes where people argue over the best way to make it. I don’t think there is one answer, let’s just all eat what we prefer!

This recipe feels extremely traditional and yet has a slight twist with the addition of orange juice! Cilantro is listed as an optional ingredient, I know some people don’t care for it too much but if you don’t mind it, it’s certainly not optional!

15-Minute Ramen Noodle Stir Fry

Sweet Simple Vegan

If you’re a fan of Ramen noodles, you’re going to love this let me tell you!

It’s easy to make and as you can see from the title, it takes just 15 minutes. Jasmine and Chris have also included a video that takes you through everything step-by-step and also includes two other recipes!

We don’t often see videos included on the recipe page as it takes a lot of work to produce and edit something like this. Here we have it so let’s make the most of it!

5-Minute Coconut Curry Sauce

Glue And Glitter

If you like curry, you know there’s nothing quite like the perfect curry sauce. It brings together your curry dish to perfection and can make or break your entire meal. The worst thing is when you discover the sauce you bought at the store has hidden fish or another animal-derived ingredient in it.

This recipe uses only five ingredients and comes together in less than five minutes. You can adjust the heat and play with flavors to your liking or use the recipe as is. This will quickly become your go-to over pricey store-bought sauces. It’s so quick and easy to make you won’t believe it took so long to try!

15-Minute Berry Chia Seed Jam

Jam (or jelly) is something we all love. Store-bought versions are cheap and taste great.

Perhaps we had an aunt or grandmother used to make their own. But it was such a long and involved process, right? Well, how about jam in 15 minutes!

Just six ingredients and a little cooking time to breakdown the fruit creates this wonderful spread. Chia seeds are included, and it’s their natural properties that largely create the lovely silky texture.

3-Minute Salted Caramel Sauce

Caramel sauce is usually all about dairy and sugar. This recipe isn’t either of those things!

Combine the five ingredients in a bowl and zap in the microwave for one minute until melted and you’ll have yourself a delicious and silky-smooth caramel.

If you don’t want to cook it, I’m guessing you could just blend everything. Natalie hasn’t recommended this, I’m just thinking out loud as I don’t have a microwave and love the look of the recipe. Delicious!

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Thx so much for this extensive list of quick pb recipes! Since they don’t take long to make, I shared this link on my fb page “Super Quick Plant-Based Recipes.” I think my gand will love them AND your site!

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